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W 0 ETTERS 4 FERTILIZR DISTRIBUTER.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

l/VILLlAll/l C. ETTERS, OF GROVER, NORTH OAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-'IALF T O JAMES A. VARE, OF SAME PLAOE.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,193, dated January6, 1891.

Application filerl July 8, 1890. Serial No. 358,065. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: chute 14, which extends rearwardly under theBe it known that I, WILLIAM C. ETTERS, a hopper and terminates a shortdistance in rear citizen of the United States, residing at Groof thelatter, and directly above the upper end ver, in the county of Clevelandand State of of the tube 15,which is secured upon the rear 55 NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useside of the standard 2, and theupper end of ful Fertilizer-Distributer, of which the followwhichextends through the beam 1. The opening is a specification. ing at theupper end of the tube is partially This invention relates tofertilizer-distribsurrounded by guard-tlanges 16. To the under uters;and it has for its object to construct a side of the shoe 14 is attachedadownward io machine of this class which shall possess suand rearwardextending arm17, the lower end perior advantages in point of simplicity,duraof which is bent so as to form a hook 18, adaptbility, and generalefficiency, and by means of ed to be engaged by the pins or studs 7, ex-Whioh the fertilizing material shall be depostending laterally from thedrive-wheel 6. Of ited directly in the furrow prepared for its saidstuds any desired number may be used, x5 reception. and they may belocated any desired distance With these ends in View the in ventionconapart. sists in the improved construction, arrange- From theforegoing description, taken in ment, and combination of parts, whichwill be connection with the drawings hereto annexed, hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly the operation and advantages of my invention7o zo pointed out in the claim. will be readily understood by thoseskilled in In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective the art to whichit appertains. view of a fertilizer-distributer embodying my Thematerial which is to be distributed is improvements. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal secplaced in the hopper and the machine drawn tional view.over the field, the draft being preferably ap- 2 5 Like numerals ofreference indicate like plied to an ordinary clevis at the front end ofparts in both figures. the beam. Avibrating motion is imparted by 1designates an ordinary plow-beam, prothe spring lb to the pivotedhopper,causing vided near its rear end with a downwardlythe latter todischarge its contents into the extending stock or standard 2, to thelower shoe and preventing it from clogging. Vhen 30 end of which theplow-blade or furrow-opener the wheel rotates, the pins 7 engage thelower 3 is secured in the usual manner. Brackets hooked end of the arm17, thus transmitting 4 connect the plow-beam with the standard, to theshoe 14 an osoillating or vibrating moand are extended below and in rearof the lattion. The shoe receives the contents of the ter to formbearings for the shaft or axle 5, hopper, which itin turn dischargesinto the 3 5 carrying the drive-wheel 6, having a series of upper end ofthe feed-tube 15, by which it is laterally-extending studs or pins 7.Straps'or conveyed to the furrow at a point directly iu brackets 8 8,extending upwardly from the rear of the plow or furrow-opener. The loosebeam 1, support the hopper 9, which latter is soil which falls back intothe furrow covers also connected by the straps 10 with the hanthefertilizing material and is pressed and go 40 dles 11. The hopper ismounted pivotally upon compacted by the rim of the wheel 6.

the screws ll, that connect the ends of the In order to regulate thequantity of fertilizbraces S and 10, and against the front side of ingmaterial which shall be permitted to escape the hopper bears a spring12h, which is suitfrom the hopper through the shoe 14 and into ablysecured upon the beam in front of the the feed-tube, I mount upon thereal' side of 45 hopper. The lower ends of the handles are saidhopperavertically-movable slide 19, havsecured to the sides of thestandard, and they inga slot 20 to receive set-screws 21, by means areconnected by rungs 12 and 13, the latter of which it may be retained atany desired adof which extends through the real' end of the justment.beam 1. My improved fertilizer-distributer is eX- :oo 50 To the upperside of the beam 1, directly in ceedingly simple in construction and maybe front of the hopper 9, is hinged the shoe or manufactured ataverymoderate expense. It

is easily operated and may be readily gaged, so as to deposit anydesired quantity of fertilizing material to any given space of ground.

I am aware that a fertilizer-distribnter having a vibrating shoe toreceive the material from the hopper and diseharge it into acondueting-spout is not new, and such is not broadly claimed.

By my invention the shoe is hinged to the upper side of the beam and isindependent of the hopper. The wheel 6 is journaled in bracketseXt-ending' rearwardly from the beam and standard, and said Wheel willthns serve as a eovering device to compress the dirt over the fertilizinmaterial dropped in the fnrrow formed by the Opener 3.

Having thns deseribed my invention, I elaim- In a machine of the classdeseribed, the combination of the beam, the standard, the feedtube uponthe rear side of the latter, the perforation in the beam forming annpward extension of said feed-tube, the hopper mounted pivotally betweenbraokets connected with the beam and the handles, the spring' mountedupon the beam and bearing against the front side of the pivoted hopper,the shoe hinged upon the upper side of the beam under the hopper andhaving` a hooked arm, and the drive-wheel journaled between braeketsextending' in rear of the standard and havingr laterally-extendin;` pinsengaging the said hooked arrn, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that I elaim the foregoing' as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signatu re in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. ET'JERS. Witnesses:

B. S. SUGG, W. II. STOWE.

